TSA

Reports suggest TSA uniforms and security information were not properly secured

April 17, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama sent the following letter to Assistant Secretary Kip Hawley at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), calling on him to address recent reports of possible security vulnerabilities at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

TSA bag inspection: Photo by Joel Franusic (CC)    » read more »

February 12, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Capt. John Prater, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), issued the following statement in response to the recent announcement by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of a new trial airport employee screening program at seven airports.    » read more »

January 11, 2008 -- In October 2006, the Transportation Security Administration launched a website to help travelers whose names were erroneously listed on airline watch lists. This redress website had multiple security vulnerabilities: it was not hosted on a government domain; its homepage was not encrypted; one of its data submission pages was not encrypted; and its encrypted pages were not properly certified. These deficiencies exposed thousands of American travelers to potential identity theft.    » read more »

HOUSTON, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced another in a series of operations to flexibly and nimbly augment employee security measures at our nation's airports. Launched June 7, the operation took place at George Bush Intercontinental and William P. Hobby airports, both in Houston.

Over 100 local transportation security officers, aviation security inspectors, federal air marshals and other personnel were deployed to execute those efforts.    » read more »